Husband, wife identified as victims killed in Polk County mobile home fire

Husband, wife identified as victims killed in Polk County mobile home fire

AUBURNDALE, Fla. (WFLA) — The Polk County Sheriff's Office has identified two people who died after an Auburndale home caught fire Tuesday afternoon. James Bolender, 67, and his wife, Valerie Bolender, 63, were still inside the mobile home on Gladiola Drive when the fire started, officials said. Diesel fire now burning underground in Hillsborough County Crews received a 911 call shortly after 1 p.m. and arrived to find the home engulfed in…

A couple in their 60s were the victims of the deadly Aug. 12 mobile home

A couple in their 60s were identified as the victims of a deadly Aug. 12 modular home fire in Auburndale in The Hamptons golf community in western Auburndale. The Polk County Sheriff's Office, which is conducting the death investigation, said in an Aug. 13 news release that James Bolender, 67, and Valerie